Assessment Brief
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Module Title: Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals
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Introduction:
This is a laboratory-based task in mechanical engineering. The ability to carry out an experiment and to record data is the basis for engineering knowledge.
Laboratory practical sessions will be conducted weekly prior to the assignment deadline. During your experiments, you will record all data in a laboratory workbook and answer the accompanying questions, which will be found in the Lab guidance book and the Lab briefings sheets which are available on Moodle.
Completion of this assignment will address the following learning outcomes:
LO1 Explain the fundamental concepts and principles of Engineering mechanics.
LO5 Carry out experimental and practical activities to investigate and apply the basic concepts of mechanical engineering
Task:
You are required to:
A. Attend all practical sessions, conduct the experiments and fill in all laboratory workbook sheets for labs 1, 2 and 3.
B. Write a 1500-word Laboratory report for the lab on Beam Reactions (worth 100% of the mark for this assignment).
The lab report you are required to produce should demonstrate the following:
An understanding of Engineering principles covered during practical sessions.
Clear structure with introduction, main body and conclusions.
Accurate referencing using the CU Harvard referencing guide.
Ability to carry out an experiment, data acquisition and processing.
Apply the relevant formulas to compare your experimental results with theoretical calculation.
Guidance notes and considerations
A report template will be provided to guide you in writing your report.
Tips for success in this module:
Download, print and read the lab sheets before attending the lab sessions.
Complete the laboratory exercises, with the help of a demonstrator at the time allocated.
Take comprehensive notes during the lab sessions to help when writing your final report
Attend all lectures, in order to have an understanding of the topics covered in the lab. The lecturer will show you a sample of well-prepared report and explain how to write a laboratory report during one of these lectures.
Submit your report through Moodle.
Submission Guidelines
What you need to submit
1 ELECTRONIC COPY of your lab report (via Moodle) using the provided link (Turnitin link).
Guidance notes and considerations
Late Submission
If you are not able to complete your coursework on time due to extenuating circumstances, the ONLY way to receive an extension (up to 5 working days) or a deferral (anything longer than 5 working days) is to contact a Registry team member located at your specific CU site.
* Extenuating circumstances are defined by CU as ‘genuine circumstances beyond your control or ability to foresee, and which seriously impair your assessed work’.
* Please note that you will need to provide third party evidence to support your reasoning for requiring an extension or deferral.
* Your course tutor is NOT able to approve an extension or a deferral, if you have not completed the official forms and had your request approved your work will count as not submitted and receive a zero mark.
Plagiarism and Malpractice
* You are encouraged to check the originality of your work by using the draft Turnitin links on your Moodle Web.
* Collusion between students (where sections of your work are similar to the work submitted by other students in this or previous module cohorts) is taken extremely seriously and will be reported to the academic conduct panel. This applies to all coursework and exam answers.
* A marked difference between your writing style, knowledge and skill level demonstrated in class discussion, any test conditions and that demonstrated in a coursework assignment may result in you having to undertake a Viva Voce in order to prove the coursework assignment is entirely your own work.
* If you make use of the services of a proof reader in your work you must keep your original version and make it available as a demonstration of your written efforts.
* You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another qualification of this university, unless this is specifically provided for in your assignment brief or specific course or module information.
Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published/submitted, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be self-plagiarism.
Submission Guidelines
There should be a title page which clearly identifies the following;
* Name of the module
* Title of the Assessment * Assessment number
* Word count
The word count identified includes quotations, but excludes the bibliography and unless specifically stated, encompasses a discrepancy of + or – 10%.
